7/6/1778 · DEED · book 3 page 272 doc 12945

To all People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Know ye that I Simon Matthews of Charlestown in Kent County & State of Rhode Island Hand, Grantor for and in consideration of the Sum of ten Hundred and Twenty five Pounds Lawful Money to me re- ceived by Hand upon the executing hereof written and duly paid by Jonathan Otis of Portsmouth in County of Providence and State of Rhode Island with the Clerk whereof I hereby acknowledge my- self to have with fully satisfied compensated and paid have given granted bargained sold & leased confirmed conveyed & confirmed by these Presents onto the said Jonathan Otis his Heirs his successors Assignees and Assigns forever a certain Part of Land situated in Charlestown town containing by Measurement They say to be the same more or less bounded as follows on the West by the Highway westerly by Portsmouth River and partly by Sim Simon Ward's land & northerly by the Bridge southerly on Land presently Thomas Hall's Estate on Land belonging to Joseph Rayner as the same now stands. To have and to hold the sd granted & bargained Premises with the aforementioned all Privileges and Commodities to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining unto them from the said Jonathan Otis his Heirs and his Assigns forever to his and their only sole Use Benefit and Behoof forever and the said Simon Matthews for my self my Heirs Executes and Assigns do covenant and agree grant to and with the sd Jonathan Otis his Heirs and Assigns that at all times and upon the reaching hereof Sam the true full and lawful Owner of the above bargained Premises and am lawfully seized and possessed of the same in my own proper Right as a sole perfect and absolute fee Simple of Inheritance in the Simple having in myself good right full Pure and Lawful Authority to sell and dispose of the same in manner as above written And that the said Jonathan Otis his Heirs and Assigns shall may possess from Time to Time and at all times for ever by force and Virtue of these Presents lawfully and quietly have and hold sole free enjoy and enjoy the same with the Aforementioned free and clear of and free of all manner of former mortgages Bills Grants Bargains Sales mortgages Titles Covenants Assurances Documents in Covenants or Incumbrances of what Value forever not might encumber the Deed Furthermore I the said Simon Matthews for myself my Heirs Executes and Assigns do covenant and engage the above described Premises will be free and Jonathan Otis his Heirs and Assigns against the lawful Claims and Demands of any Person or Persons whatsoever person here after to warrant forever and Defend by right Residents. In Witness whereof I the said Simon Matthews have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Twenty fifth Day of June and in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of Joseph Clayton Ola bush Recorded July 6 1778 on the Page 28 n. 7 6th Ring's County Court in Charlestown port 1778 Personally came Simon Matthews subscriber to the above within Deed and did acknowledge the same to be his free Act and Deed with his Hand and Seal thereunto affixed Before me Pelag Court Justice Peace Simon Matthews & S